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discourse_n together_o with_o the_o plain_a contradiction_n that_o do_v frequent_o occur_v wherein_o he_o say_v and_o unsay_v do_v clear_o evince_v it_o to_o have_v be_v a_o combination_n errata_fw-la pag._n 2._o line_n 20._o read_v natalls_n p._n 6._o l._n 1._o r._n acuate_v p._n 6._o l._n 22._o r._n gustatilibus_fw-la p._n 13._o l._n 12._o r._n minera_n ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n 364_o p._n 14._o l._n 21._o r._n fossil_v p._n 18._o l._n 25_o r._n alumini_fw-la p._n 22._o l._n 6._o r._n effluvium_fw-la p._n 23._o l_o 8_o r._n hypocrates_n p._n 24._o l._n 4._o r._n into_o p._n 27._o l._n 7._o r._n qua_fw-la ibid._n l._n o._n r._n meteor_n p._n 29_o l._n 19_o r._n compenitur_fw-la ibid._n l._n 24._o r._n iron_n p._n 3â—_n l._n 20._o r_o chalybeat_a ibid._n l._n 26._o r._n then_o p_o 36._o l._n 25._o r._n c_o r._n p._n 38._o l._n 1._o r._n lib._n sem_fw-mi p._n 39_o l._n 7._o r._n vitrioli_fw-la p_o 40._o l_o 1._o r._n chalybeat_v p._n 42._o l._n 5._o for_o in_o r._n vi_fw-la ibid._n l_o 7._o r._n diaphanam_fw-la p._n 43._o l._n 6._o r._n matter_n p._n 59_o l._n 3._o r._n wherewith_o i_o pinch_v ibid._n l._n 11._o r._n or_o that_o p._n 62._o l._n 3._o r._n correct_v these_o he_o p._n 64._o l._n 4._o r._n horum_fw-la p._n 66_o l._n 7._o r._n illa_fw-la ibid._n l._n 9_o r._n in_o sale_n p_o 67._o l._n ultâ—r_n laminae_fw-la ferreae_fw-la p._n 73._o l._n 7._o r._n there_o p_o 74._o l._n 17._o r._n necet_fw-la ibid._n l._n 18._o r._n edulia_fw-la p._n 82._o l._n 23._o r._n be_v mean_v p._n 84._o l._n 21._o r._n roche_z p._n 99_o l._n 2._o r._n demonstrate_v p._n 123._o l._n 2c_fw-la r._n and_o heat_n p._n 124._o l._n 13._o for_o 59_o r._n 56._o thus_o far_o the_o errata_fw-la be_v collect_v and_o what_o fault_n have_v since_o pass_v the_o press_n the_o author_n be_v at_o great_a distance_n the_o reader_n be_v desire_v to_o amend_v pyrologia_fw-la mimica_fw-la or_o a_o answer_n to_o a_o book_n entitle_v hydrologia_fw-la chymica_fw-la write_v by_o william_n simpson_n 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a_o hodg-potch_a of_o novelty_n in_o the_o theory_n and_o practice_n of_o physic_n wire-drawn_a and_o spin_v out_o at_o length_n with_o a_o company_n of_o impertinent_a notion_n that_o signify_v nothing_o but_o to_o fill_v up_o the_o volume_n and_o raise_v a_o great_a dust_n the_o rest_n be_v mere_a flourish_v and_o such_o a_o sort_n of_o appendix_n and_o fragment_n as_o i_o never_o read_v the_o like_a which_o indeed_o do_v signify_v nothing_o but_o to_o spend_v precious_a time_n that_o may_v be_v far_o better_a employ_v i_o shall_v here_o apply_v that_o passage_n of_o natales_fw-la comes_fw-la which_o he_o have_v concern_v zenophanes_n his_o introduce_v a_o new_a philosophical_a notion_n viz._n nonnulli_fw-la ne_fw-la nil_fw-la scisse_fw-la videantur_fw-la aliqua_fw-la nova_fw-la monstra_fw-la in_o philosophiam_fw-la introducunt_fw-la ut_fw-la alicujus_fw-la rei_fw-la inventores_fw-la fuisse_fw-la appareant_fw-la some_o there_o be_v who_o lest_o they_o shall_v seem_v to_o know_v little_a will_v bring_v in_o monstrous_a absurdity_n in_o philosophy_n that_o afterward_o they_o may_v be_v fame_v for_o the_o invent_v of_o somewhat_o scarbrough-spaw_n five_o principle_n in_o scarbrough-spaw_n the_o author_n page_n 1_o tell_v that_o he_o have_v see_v my_o book_n of_o scarbrough_n spa_n wherein_o i_o mention_v 5_o mineral_n principle_n to_o to_o be_v in_o that_o water_n to_o wit_n iron_n vitriol_n alum_n nitre_n and_o salt_n and_o he_o declare_v it_o be_v his_o design_n to_o examine_v whether_o i_o have_v make_v a_o true_a report_n or_o no_o and_o he_o endeavour_v to_o make_v the_o world_n believe_v i_o have_v not_o true_o then_o i_o must_v say_v it_o be_v through_o mistake_n not_o wilful_o do_v it_o have_v be_v both_o more_o christian_a and_o civil_a in_o mr._n s._n if_o he_o have_v suspect_v i_o be_v in_o a_o error_n to_o have_v come_v to_o i_o since_o we_o be_v neighbour_n and_o to_o have_v discourse_v with_o i_o about_o it_o and_o so_o convince_v i_o of_o my_o mistake_n or_o else_o receive_v satisfaction_n from_o i_o and_o indeed_o i_o think_v it_o have_v be_v but_o reasonable_a for_o he_o to_o have_v lay_v his_o foundation_n in_o a_o private_a discourse_n before_o he_o have_v appear_v so_o severe_o in_o public_a against_o i_o but_o truth_n seek_v no_o shade_n i_o be_o very_a well_o content_a to_o be_v bring_v to_o the_o test_n although_o i_o do_v neither_o think_v he_o sit_v to_o be_v my_o judge_n nor_o value_v he_o as_o a_o witness_n nor_o fear_v he_o as_o a_o enemy_n nil_fw-la magis_fw-la certum_fw-la quam_fw-la quod_fw-la ex_fw-la duhio_fw-it certum_fw-la vitriol_n of_o vitriol_n he_o begin_v first_o to_o examine_v vitriol_n here_o let_v he_o know_v that_o scarbrough_n vitriol_n will_v not_o blush_v be_v bring_v to_o the_o trial_n it_o will_v be_v find_v clear_a let_v the_o reader_n take_v notice_n that_o in_o this_o dispute_n about_o the_o mineral_n i_o intend_v to_o engage_v he_o at_o his_o own_o weapon_n to_o wit_n the_o chemical_a writer_n who_o i_o find_v to_o abound_v in_o my_o senfe_fw-mi all_fw-mi along_o he_o say_v page_n 2._o the_o doctor_n may_v have_v do_v well_o to_o have_v distinguish_v whether_o he_o mean_v it_o vitriol_n of_o iron_n or_o copper_n first_o i_o wonder_v mr._n s._n do_v not_o take_v care_n to_o distinguish_v aright_o as_o if_o there_o be_v no_o sort_n of_o vitriol_n but_o these_o when_o as_o fallopius_n de_n therm_n aq._n cap._n 11._o tell_v he_o that_o all_o sort_n of_o metal_n have_v their_o vitriol_n and_o all_o chemical_a author_n agree_v in_o it_o especial_o there_o be_v three_o sort_n eminent_o so_o call_v to_o wit_n vitriol_n of_o iron_n of_o copper_n and_o white_a vitriol_n all_o which_o he_o himself_o reckon_v up_o p._n 5._o to_o i_o say_v he_o all_o natural_a vitriol_n seem_v to_o be_v reducible_a to_o three_o viz
imbibition_n of_o mineral_n or_o metal_n which_o by_o the_o help_n of_o the_o very_a chemical_a author_n themselves_o who_o speak_v the_o same_o word_n i_o have_v calm_o and_o clear_o wipe_v off_o i_o do_v not_o think_v it_o fit_a to_o call_v in_o the_o testimony_n of_o the_o ancient_n and_o prince_n in_o physic_n who_o i_o have_v cite_v before_o in_o my_o book_n since_o i_o see_v he_o so_o insolent_o spurn_v at_o they_o but_o rather_o to_o convince_v he_o with_o the_o verdict_n of_o the_o chemist_n who_o he_o ought_v better_v to_o have_v understand_v and_o can_v deny_v i_o shall_v now_o open_v the_o curtain_n and_o let_v in_o more_o light_n to_o the_o reader_n that_o he_o may_v the_o better_o discern_v the_o temper_n of_o my_o antagonist_n and_o on_o which_o side_n be_v the_o truth_n in_o the_o dispute_n that_o lie_v before_o he_o and_o this_o ex_fw-la ore_fw-la svo_fw-la what_o need_v any_o more_o habemus_fw-la reum_fw-la confitentem_fw-la in_o p._n 20._o thus_o say_v mr._n s._n we_o discard_v these_o two_o pillar_n of_o his_o spa_n recantation_n mr._n s._n his_o recantation_n viz._n vitriol_n and_o iron_n as_o to_o the_o body_n of_o they_o now_o turn_v to_o p._n 39_o i_o do_v not_o say_v he_o deny_v iron_n to_o be_v a_o ingredient_n so_o again_o p._n 44._o ☞_o ☞_o this_o mineral_n acidity_n pervade_v a_o minera_n of_o iron_n make_v a_o slight_a solution_n of_o it_o and_o be_v equal_o contemper_v together_o make_v up_o the_o body_n of_o the_o spa_n now_o consider_v this_o body_n of_o mineral_n which_o be_v in_o the_o spa_n be_v of_o a_o ounce_n weight_n at_o least_o sometime_o ten_o dram_fw-la in_o a_o dry_a summer_n as_o this_o last_o be_v viz._n 1668._o in_o 5_o quart_n of_o the_o water_n and_o this_o be_v that_o which_o he_o style_v a_o slight_a solution_n and_o for_o vitriol_n turn_v to_o p._n 359._o that_o i_o may_v say_v he_o inform_v myself_o more_o satisfactory_o of_o the_o true_a constituent_a part_n of_o scarbrough_n spa_n i_o take_v 3_o gallon_n and_o 3_o pint_n which_o i_o let_v stand_v who_o be_v first_o precipitation_n be_v a_o reddish_n sediment_n from_o which_o i_o filter_v the_o water_n and_o this_o dry_a in_o the_o sun_n prove_v to_o be_v a_o red_a earth_n or_o kind_n of_o ochre_n or_o rather_o terra_fw-la vitrioli_fw-la ☜_o so_n again_o he_o argue_v against_o nitre_n from_o p._n 50._o to_o p._n 61._o assert_v only_o a_o aluminous_a salt_n with_o a_o slight_a touch_n of_o iron_n but_o turn_v to_o p._n 360._o and_o we_o have_v these_o word_n then_o i_o evaporate_v the_o clear_a filter_v water_n in_o glass_n to_o a_o dryness_n which_o i_o find_v to_o have_v a_o alumino-nitrous_a ☜_o taste_v or_o rather_o indeed_o more_o nitrous_a and_o will_v relent_v in_o the_o air._n so_o p._n 364._o where_o you_o meet_v in_o our_o hydrological_a discourse_n with_o the_o word_n aluminous_a salt_n you_o be_v to_o read_v it_o alumino-nitrous_a salt_n ☜_o or_o nitro-hermetical_a salt_n this_o salt_n if_o due_o order_v be_v crystalline_a shoot_v into_o long_a stirias_fw-la ☜_o here_o let_v the_o reader_n observe_v in_o his_o hydrological_a discourse_n where_o he_o be_v direct_o deny_v nitre_n several_a time_n and_o say_v its_o only_a a_o aluminous_a salt_n that_o be_v in_o the_o water_n what_o woeful_a nonsense_n it_o will_v be_v to_o turn_v the_o word_n aluminous_a into_o nitroaluminous_a or_o alumino-nitrous_a or_o nitro-hermetical_a certain_o never_o any_o man_n write_v at_o this_o rate_n before_o beside_o if_o a_o galenist_n shall_v talk_v of_o nitro-hippocratical_a or_o nitro-galenical_a salt_n what_o a_o comely_a cant_v will_v it_o be_v and_o yet_o it_o will_v jingle_v as_o well_o as_o nitro-hermetical_a risum_fw-la teneatis_fw-la amici_fw-la after_o all_o this_o rant_a what_o a_o woeful_a case_n be_v this_o poor_a gentleman_n bring_v into_o that_o he_o must_v be_v force_v to_o crowd_v in_o nonsense_n but_o it_o appear_v in_o this_o and_o many_o more_o thing_n that_o i_o have_v hint_v at_o and_o i_o shall_v find_v more_o 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nor_o use_v till_o i_o discover_v it_o and_o bring_v it_o into_o use_n which_o indeed_o will_v not_o blaze_v in_o the_o fire_n perhaps_o because_o it_o be_v but_o in_o embryone_n not_o in_o statu_fw-la &_o perfectione_n or_o else_o so_o dilute_v with_o the_o water_n that_o it_o lie_v down_o or_o lose_v its_o inflammable_a property_n as_o the_o vitriel_n do_v the_o colcotar_n real_o i_o be_o ashamed_a that_o a_o man_n that_o pretend_v to_o learning_n and_o reputation_n shall_v write_v such_o palpable_a contradiction_n attend_v with_o so_o many_o gross_a circumstance_n of_o abuse_n to_o another_o for_o assert_v that_o which_o himself_o be_v force_v to_o acknowledge_v for_o truth_n upon_o deliberate_a consideration_n and_o i_o be_o as_o sorry_a to_o be_v put_v to_o this_o unpleasant_a task_n of_o rip_v up_o a_o weak_a brother_n infirmity_n which_o i_o will_v have_v i_o not_o be_v force_v to_o the_o contrary_a much_o rather_o have_v cover_v with_o a_o mantle_n of_o love_n so_o severe_o 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when_o a_o man_n must_v certain_o die_v he_o have_v need_n to_o know_v what_o he_o be_v to_o do_v since_o upon_o that_o scantling_n of_o time_n depend_v eternity_n now_o in_o this_o point_n of_o prognostic_n every_o man_n be_v his_o own_o best_a judge_n what_o ground_n he_o have_v to_o predict_v life_n or_o death_n and_o other_o ought_v not_o too_o severe_o to_o censure_v while_o in_o doubtful_a case_n if_o he_o see_v room_n for_o action_n he_o rather_o trust_v god_n and_o wise_a man_n with_o his_o reputation_n in_o speak_v cheerful_o than_o in_o hazard_v the_o speedy_a ruin_n of_o the_o patient_n by_o throw_v he_o under_o despondency_n have_v not_o we_o know_v some_o chemist_n often_o promise_v a_o cure_n within_o a_o fortnight_n when_o either_o the_o patient_n have_v die_v within_o that_o time_n or_o become_v irrecoverable_a and_o a_o galenist_n or_o two_o perhaps_o have_v be_v send_v for_o when_o it_o have_v be_v too_o late_o this_o my_o brethren_n can_v witness_v with_o